Efficient venetian blind control strategies considering daylight utilization and glare protection

Solar Energy

Volumn 98, Issue PC, 2013, Pages 241-254

  Chan, Ying Chieh ^a   Tzempelikos, Athanasios ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Daylighting; Glare; Venetian blinds

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ENGINEERING; DAYLIGHTING; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DAYLIGHT AUTONOMIES; DAYLIGHT GLARE PROBABILITIES; HYBRID RAY TRACINGS; INTERIOR ILLUMINANCE; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; MODEL BASED CONTROLS; VENETIAN BLIND;

GLARE;

ALGORITHM; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; GRAPHICAL METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SOLAR RADIATION; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84887385480     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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